Diary of Diane Di Prima 1953-1961

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Diary of Diane Di Prima 1953-1961

http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4266211628

Author's archives: collection of carbons and drafts of letters, notes, journals, editorial work, etc. Includes much personal material.

1 journal

eng,

University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Department of Special Collections

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Di Prima, Diane, 1934-2020

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Diane Di Prima was born on 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out in 1953 to move to Manhattan and become a writer. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she joined the emerging Beat movement. She was the editor of the newsletter The Floating Bear with LeRoi Jones, 1961-1969. In 1966, she moved to Millbrook, N.Y., to live in Timothy Leary's community. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1968. In California, she taught at such institutions as the New Coll...